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Pearson PLC 5 January 2004 LETTER TO: RNS Notification of Change to Interest in Shares We write in accordance with rule 9.12, under the continuing obligations section of the Listing Rules, to notify you that we have today received information that, pursuant to section 198 of the Companies Act 1985, the shareholding of Franklin Resources, Inc. equals 40,785,075 shares, representing 5.0831% of the issued share capital of Pearson plc. The registered holders of the shares are listed on the schedule below. From: Stephen Jones (Deputy Secretary) PEARSON PLC SCHEDULE PEARSON PLC Outstanding Shares 802,371,835 Registered Holder No. of Shares % of Class Bank of New York 443,710 0.0553% Chase Nominees Ltd 32,038,098 3.9929% Citibank Nominees Ltd. 597,178 0.0744% Euroclear 7,398 0.0009% HSBC Bank PLC 42,440 0.0053% Mellon Trust 2,271,035 0.2830% Merrill Lynch 454,390 0.0566% Northern Trust Company 778,827 0.0971% Royal Trust Corp of Canada 1,251,076 0.1559% State Street Nominees Limited 2,900,923 0.3615% TOTAL 40,785,075 5.0831% This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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